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'ati' is not a real driver, it just helps to take the right open source driver...

With fglrx, it can really get tricky to get it running.
How have you installed the driver?
This is a really good...

Your card is not supported by the newest fglrx 8.4.
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/catalyst_84_linux.html
The last proprietary ati driver supporting your card was 8.28.8...

Well, the fglrx-driver is sometimes really a little bit sensitive...
I experience crashes with gnome-screensaver (maybe this is also one of your crash reasons...if so, deactivate or change against...

Sorry, you are right. I just have seen, that HD 3800 series is supported and not the exception HD 3870x2...

I found some threads suggesting, that fglrx will only use one core and it will be...

As for the release notes
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/catalyst_84_linux.html
fglrx should support ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series.

Have you tried already the standard ways of installation? This...

I had this error too...
If you try

$ modprobe -vf fglrx
you will probably get something like

install /sbin/lrm-video fglrx.
The solution is to modify the file "/etc/modprobe.d/lrm-video"....

What kernel do you use? And which graphic card?
Can you please post the results of


$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(WW)\|(FF)"

and


$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose fglrxinfo

You don't have to log in as sudo, you just type sudo in front of the command that you want to run with su rights.


Probably you just have not activated the source containing this package.
Go...

Disabling DRI will let X use Mesa, so it's not remarkable, that fglrx does not freeze...
A black screen can have different causes. Does it appear immediately after login? Or does it not as long as...

Great, that you get it working :).
A google search for "FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module fglrx.ko uses GPL-only symbol" gives some results...
...there seems to be a problem to build fglrx...

I searched for this error, but actually found no solution...
...have you made some improvement?

If you have a fast internet connection, it would be the easiest way to download the entire game, I...

Nice to hear, you have installed successfully.
Your xorg.conf is a little bit messed up...
Wich one do you have chosen? Radeon/RadeonHD, right? (Actually you have to blacklist the old fglrx if...

Well it is really confusing...

Let's give it a last try :).
Can you load the module with


$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/dkms/fglrx.ko
$ modprobe fglrx
?
If so, you should...

What driver do you use? Radeon or fglrx?

Sure, it's not really a benchmark, but wich FPS do you get with glxgears?

Well the syntax of your commands is a little bit wrong...
...try first to get to the right place

$ cd /home/jake/Desktop/wowinstall. ($ shows only, that the command has to be typed in...

Acutally I'm really sure, that your Problem with fglrx can be solved by modifying "/etc/modprobe.d/lrm-video". The output of your log is explicit for this error.

Maybe you have forgotten to use...

Hmmm... what does

$ modprobe -vf fglrx
tell you after a fresh reboot, before loading fglrx module by hand, or something...?

If you try

$ modprobe -vf fglrx
you will probably get something like

install /sbin/lrm-video fglrx.
The solution is to modify the file "/etc/modprobe.d/lrm-video". Comment out the line with...

If you get such low FPS, it really can be, that the fglrx modul isn't loaded properly.
Do you get direct rendering?

$ glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"
And what does

$ fglrxinfo
tell? ATI or...

I'm a little bit unsure wich of the two possible drivers you want.
Your post #327 shows logs of the open source driver radeon.
In post #328 you mention

$ sudo aticonfig --initial -f
to...

There are two different ATI drivers
radeon/radeonhd (open source), and
fglrx (proprietary driver by ATI/AMD).
Xorg is the implementation of the x window system, and installed by default.
The...

If the solution of ThinkDave doesn't fit in your case, try to log in in terminal mode (press [Crtl] + [Alt] + [F1] instead of logging in with gnome/kde); and post the results of

$ cat...

I had the same messages in my log...
If you try

$ modprobe -vf fglrx
and get something like

install /sbin/lrm-video fglrx
the solution is to modify the file "/etc/modprobe.d/lrm-video"....

Actually it is not unnormal to get different frame rates depending on what is rendered.
If you look up only a few triangles have to pass the rendering pipeline. Looking at a bunch of other...

I agree. The guy has no direct rendering. Spending money for Cedega won't help him. Especially as WoW has gold-status(winehq) and is running quite well with wine...